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describeIndex()

Addedv2.3.xModifiedv3.0.x

This operation describes a specific index.

await milvusClient.describeIndex(data)

Request Syntax

milvusClient.describeIndex({
db_name: string,
collection_name: string,
field_name?: string,
index_name?: string,
timeout?: number
})

PARAMETERS:

  • db_name (string) -

    The name of the database that holds the target collection.

  • collection_name (string) -

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of an existing collection.

  • field_name (string) -

    The name of an existing field in the collection.

  • index_name (string) -

    The name of the index to describe.

  • timeout (number)

    The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURNS Promise<DescribeIndexResponse>

This method returns a promise that resolves to a DescribeIndexResponse object.

{
index_descriptions: IndexDescription[],
status: ResStatus
}

PARAMETERS:

  • index_descriptions (IndexDescription[]) - A list of index descriptions for the requested collection. When field_name or index_name is supplied, the list contains only the matching entry.

    • index_name (string) -

      The index name.

    • indexID (number) -

      The internal index identifier.

    • params (KeyValuePair[]) -

      The index parameters captured at creation (for example, index_type, metric_type, params).

    • field_name (string) -

      The field on which the index is built.

    • indexed_rows (string) -

      The number of rows that have been indexed so far.

    • total_rows (string) -

      The total number of rows the index covers.

    • state (string) -

      The build state of the index. Possible values are IndexStateNone, Unissued, InProgress, Finished, and Failed.

    • index_state_fail_reason (string) -

      The failure reason when state is Failed, otherwise an empty string.

    • pending_index_rows (string) -

      The number of rows still waiting to be indexed.

  • ResStatus A ResStatus object.

    • code (number) -

      A code that indicates the operation result. It remains 0 if this operation succeeds.

    • error_code (string | number) -

      An error code that indicates an occurred error. It remains Success if this operation succeeds.

    • reason (string) -

      The reason that indicates the reason for the reported error. It remains an empty string if this operation succeeds.

Example

const milvusClient = new MilvusClient(MILUVS_ADDRESS);
const describeIndexReq = {
collection_name: 'my_collection',
index_name: 'my_index',
};
const res = await milvusClient.describeIndex(describeIndexReq);
console.log(res);